Illinois Research and Scholarship (Open Community)http://hdl.handle.net/2142/8
This is the default community for all faculty, staff and students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:38:30 GMT2016-12-09T15:38:30ZCultivating Data Expertise: Comparison of Approaches in Geoscience Data Centers and Academic Librarieshttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/94788
Cultivating Data Expertise: Comparison of Approaches in Geoscience Data Centers and Academic Libraries
Thompson, Cheryl A.
Data-intensive research promises advancements in knowledge but requires professionals with knowledge in working with research data. As institutions extend their services to data management, an understanding of how to build data expertise into service models and staff is needed. This study examines how a mature data center, National Center for Atmospheric Research, and exemplar academic library, Purdue University Libraries, developed data expertise. Case studies of NCAR and Purdue utilize evidence from qualitative interviews and artifacts and is extended through interviews conducted with other geoscience data centers and libraries. This poster reports preliminary results, comparing approaches in data centers and libraries.
data expertise; data curation; data centers; academic libraries; research data management services
Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/947882017-01-01T00:00:00ZThompson, Cheryl A.Controversy and science at the meeting of great rivershttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/94737
Controversy and science at the meeting of great rivers
Sparks, Richard E.
The confluence of the Illinois, Missouri, and Mississippi rivers near St. Louis is a National Scenic Byway and a place where commerce and conservation clashed over the future of the rivers and where science improved the understanding and management of the rivers. In the 1970s, commercial navigation interests wanted new locks constructed that would accommodate larger barge tows. Conservationists argued that the increased traffic would disturb fish and wildlife and damage their habitats. Congress reached historic compromises in 1978 and in 1986 that approved construction of one new dam and two locks at Alton, Illinois on the Mississippi River and established a long-term monitoring program that tracks trends in fish and wildlife populations and their habitats on the entire Upper Mississippi River, from Minnesota downstream to Illinois and Missouri. The compromises also included a habitat rehabilitation and enhancement program. Together, the habitat rehabilitation and the monitoring programs have improved the understanding and management of not only the Mississippi and Illinois rivers (the latter is included in these programs), but of other large floodplain-rivers around the world. A separate Long Term Ecological Research program on the two rivers, funded by the National Science Foundation from 1981 to 1987, contributed to an understanding of the role of disturbances (e.g., floods) in maintaining species diversity and natural processes, summarized in a much-cited paper, The Floodpulse Concept in River-Floodplain Systems (Junk, Bayley and Sparks, 1989, Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 106). The confluence area was hard hit in the Great Midwestern Flood of 1993, but one positive outcome was a report commissioned by the Clinton administration: Sharing the Challenge: Floodplain Management into the 21st Century (http://fas.org/irp/agency/dhs/fema/sharing.pdf). The report reaffirmed findings and recommendations emerging from the on-going monitoring and habitat rehabilitation projects: that improvement and recovery of the environmental and recreational values of rivers and their floodplains is congruent with reduction of future flood damages to human infrastructure. The confluence area has played a historic role in the development of river science and management.
Environmental policy; environmental history; environmental monitoring; environmental impacts; nature conservation; river ecology; conservation of natural resources; navigation locks and dams; river engineering; water quality; habitat quality; outdoor recreation; floods; floodplains; levees; Mississippi River; Illinois River; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Geological Survey; Illinois Natural History Survey; Illinois State Water Survey; Illinois Geological Survey; Western Illinois University; Principia College; National Science Foundation; National Great Rivers Research and Education Center; Lewis and Clark Community College; University of Illinois
Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/947372016-07-01T00:00:00ZSparks, Richard E.Daily fantasy sports: Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Tradehttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/94730
Daily fantasy sports: Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
John W. Kindt
This document contains John W. Kindt's hearing before the House Subcomm. On Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. Other legislative attachments titled "Internet Gambling Will Cripple World's Economic and Financial Systems" and "Gov. McAullife's Dilemma: The Daily Fantasy Sports Emperor is Wearing No Clothe" are also included.
Daily fantasy sports; Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade; 114th Congress
Wed, 11 May 2016 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/947302016-05-11T00:00:00ZJohn W. KindtDaily fantasy sports is illegal under federal law and most state lawshttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/94729
Daily fantasy sports is illegal under federal law and most state laws
John W. Kindt
This document contains the testimony of John W. Kindt before the Illinois House Judiciary-Criminal Committee regarding how Daily Fantasy Sports is illegal under federal law and most state laws. It also contains the attachment "Gov. McAullife's Dilemma: The Daily Fantasy Sports Emperor is Wearing No Clothes" by Prof. John Kindt.
Daily fantasy sports; Testimony; Illinois House Judiciary-Criminal Committee
Wed, 06 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/947292016-04-06T00:00:00ZJohn W. KindtTestimony: Expansion of Illinois gambling will give away $billions to gambling's insiders, cannibalize the consumer economy, and decrease net tax revenues to Illinois Treasuryhttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/94728
Testimony: Expansion of Illinois gambling will give away $billions to gambling's insiders, cannibalize the consumer economy, and decrease net tax revenues to Illinois Treasury
John W. Kindt
This document contains the testimony of John W. Kindt before the Illinois House Executive Committee. The main points are that expanding Illinois gambling will give away billions of dollars to gambling's insiders, cannibalize the consumer economy, and decrease net tax revenues to Illinois Treasury.
Testimony; Illinois House Executive Committee
Thu, 14 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/947282016-04-14T00:00:00ZJohn W. KindtExpanded legalized gambling in Georgia will destroy future Georgia budgets and jeopardize students, teachers, and public employeeshttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/94727
Expanded legalized gambling in Georgia will destroy future Georgia budgets and jeopardize students, teachers, and public employees
John W. Kindt
This document contains John W. Kindt's prepared statement before the Georgia State Senate Preservation of the HOPE Scholarship Program Study Committee. It explains how expanded legalized gambling in Georgia will destroy future Georgia budgets and jeopardize students, teachers, and public employees. Attachments of newspapers articles and comics are also included as supporting evidence.
Testimony; Prepared Statement; Georgia State Senate Preservation of the HOPE Scholarship Study Committee
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/947272015-09-14T00:00:00ZJohn W. KindtIn Re: Academic input per 940 C.M.R. 34.00 daily fantasy sports contest operators in MAhttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/94726
In Re: Academic input per 940 C.M.R. 34.00 daily fantasy sports contest operators in MA
John W. Kindt
This document contains a letter from Prof. John W. Kindt to Attorney General Maura Healey regarding daily fantasy sports contest operators and 940 C.M.R. 34.00.
daily fantasy sports; attorney general; 940 C.M.R. 34.00; daily fantasy sports operator
Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/947262015-12-19T00:00:00ZJohn W. KindtIn Re: UIEGA approvalhttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/94725
In Re: UIEGA approval
John W. Kindt
This document contains a letter to U.S. Representative Jason Chaffetz, Chair of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding Prof. John Kindt's testimony in favor of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. Additional materials are also brought to the attention of the OGR Committee.
UIEGA; House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Restoration of America's Wire Act
Mon, 30 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/947252015-11-30T00:00:00ZJohn W. KindtIn Re: Summary analysis of methodologies for studying and detailing effects of Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun Casinos on Connecticut's consumer economyhttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/94724
In Re: Summary analysis of methodologies for studying and detailing effects of Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun Casinos on Connecticut's consumer economy
Kindt, John
This document contains the summary analysis of methodologies for studying and detailing effects of Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun Casinos on Connecticut's consumer economy as part of the University of Illinois' mission to inform the public discourse via academic research. There is emphasis on the historical background, trends and conditioning factors, and policy alternatives and recommendations.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Business Administration; Foxwoods Casinos; Mohegan Sun Casinos; Connecticut's Consumer Economy
Thu, 03 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/947242016-03-03T00:00:00ZKindt, JohnH.R. 707: Prepared Statement of Prof. John Warren Kindthttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/94723
H.R. 707: Prepared Statement of Prof. John Warren Kindt
Kindt, John W.; Suthers, John; Dorr, Robert
This documents contains the prepared statement and attachments of Prof. John W. Kindt regarding the Restoration of America's Wire Act before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations for H.R. 707.
The attachments include "The Gambling Threat to Economies and Financial Systems: Internet Gambling," "The Gambling Threat to National and Homeland Security: Internet Gambling," and "The Gambling Threat to World Public Order and Stability: Internet Gambling" from the United states International Gambling Report Series. Another attachment is the Letter supporting the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act legislation of 2006 from John Suthers, Attorney General of Colorado
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations; Legislative Hearing on H.R. 707; The Restoration of America's Wire Act
Wed, 25 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/2142/947232015-03-25T00:00:00ZKindt, John W.Suthers, JohnDorr, Robert